Fridge and asbestos
What kind of fridge is that? It looks fantastic. Does it work well? I'd love one in white.
Asbestos dust is the problem. As long as you keep it wet, it's safe. The tiles are non friable which means that they do no release dust. In fact, even if you break them, they don't release much. Friable asbestos would include fluffy insulation, very old duct tape. Asbestos house and roof shingles are fine unless you mess with them, then they release a fair amount of dust.
I'm not generally uptight about asbestos--handling it just isn't that complicated. But I did get very upset about the way it was handled here in Tuscaloosa after the April 27, 2011 tornado. Tons of asbestos containing debris was bulldozed and moved around dry. Most of the damaged houses with asbestos siding, etc. were demolished dry although there were a few conscientious contractors who used sprayer trucks to keep structures wet during demolition.
FEMA handled the house next to ours, and it was unbelievable. The homeowner demolished it (dry) then the FEMA crews bulldozed it to the curb (dry). Then the FEMA crews came back a week or so later to manually separate the asbestos from the rest of the debris. Talk about kicking up some dust. I essentially blocked the team until they agreed to put wet it down. Most of the debris was hauled off wholesale, yet FEMA had to deal with it as a hazardous material in a way that made it even more unsafe.
Sarah
